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Absent
Voters' List

The Representation of the People Act, passed by Parliament on 6 February
1918, allowed servicemen over the age of 21 serving away from home to
register in order to obtain a vote in the constituency of their home
address. The first lists were published on 15 October 1918 from details
supplied by the men themselves before the closing date for applications
of 18 August 1918. Note that any servicemen under the qualifying age
do not appear in the register.

The 1918 Absent Voters' List for Woodchurch contains 89 names, which
are transcribed here directly from an original bound copy held at the
Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Kent. The original contains a
number of errors (e.g. 'Havlackenden' rather than 'Harlackenden') which
remain uncorrected in this online version.

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